Catheter ablation of idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia associated with a false tendon

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 12 I, 1996, Pages 2144-2146

  Merliss, Andrew D ^a   Seifert, Mark J ^a   Collins, Robert F ^a   Higgins, John P ^a   Reimold, Sharon C ^a   Lee, Richard T ^a   Friedman, Peter L ^a   Stevenson, William G ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; PURKINJE CELL; QRS COMPLEX; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; PURKINJE FIBERS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0030446995     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03290.x     Document Type: Article

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